A Vigilante Hacker Took Down North Korea’s Internet. Now He’s Taking Off His Mask

2024-04-04 Wired

https://www.wired.com/story/p4x-north-korea-internet-hacker-identity-reveal/

WIRED profiles Alejandro Caceres, also known as P4x, who says he disrupted North Korea’s public internet infrastructure in 2022 after North Korean operators targeted him and other U.S. security researchers. The article describes his use of custom programs and cloud servers to intermittently knock North Korean websites offline for more than a week, followed by contacts with U.S. defense and intelligence circles about faster disruptive cyber operations. It provides background on retaliatory action against North Korean infrastructure and notes the broader context of North Korea linked cryptocurrency theft, but it does not present new malware or IOC data.

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